在没有预设前提下,NPR(美国国家公共电台)在其读者中征集过去十年最喜欢的歌曲,列出了下面二十五首之最【1】,这些歌曲在YouTube上点击播放均上百万。其中,有耳听能详的、如#4,#10,#12,#13,有一些似乎又比较陌生,但对歌曲表达的“意境”多少会熟悉,毕竟,它们带有某些时代的气息。如果逐一听听这些歌曲,更多会产生一种感觉,即各式各样的“挣扎”(“struggles”),“负面”多于“正面”的感觉,有些令人惊讶,出乎意料。
NPR 25首歌曲清单【1】
1. Bon Iver: "Holocene" from Bon Iver
2. Robyn: "Dancing On My Own" from Body Talk Pt. 1
3. Sufjan Stevens: "Fourth of July" from Carrie & Lowell
4. Lorde: "Royals" from Pure Heroine
5. Kanye West: "Runaway" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
6. Beyoncé: "Formation" from Lemonade
7. M83: "Midnight City" from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
8. LCD Soundsystem: "Dance Yrself Clean" from This is Happening
9. Kendrick Lamar: "Alright" from To Pimp a Butterfly
10. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars: "Uptown Funk" from Uptown Special
11. Childish Gambino: "This is America" (Single)
12. Adele: "Rolling in the Deep" from 21
13. Taylor Swift: "All Too Well" from Red
14. Lucy Dacus: "Night Shift" from Historian
15. Carly Rae Jepsen: "Run Away with Me" from E.MO.TION
16. Mitski: "Your Best American Girl" from Puberty 2
17. Frank Ocean: "Self Control" from Blonde
18. Hozier: "Take Me to Church" from Hozier
19. Alabama Shakes: "Hold On" from Boys & Girls
20. Janelle Monáe: "Make Me Feel" from Dirty Computer
21. Lana Del Rey: "Video Games" from Born to Die
22. Brandi Carlile: "The Joke" from By the Way, I Forgive You
23. Radiohead: "Daydreaming" from A Moon Shaped Pool
24. Courtney Barnett: "Depreston" from Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
25. Fleet Foxes: "Helplessness Blues" from Helplessness
过去的时光在心里留下了什么?这些歌曲耐人寻味。从25首歌曲中选择6首如下,其它的不妨找来听听,一定有您喜欢的。不难发现,在25首歌曲里,#15显得有些“另类”,闪亮、轻松。那好,就让“我和你”一起去远方吧:“Run Away With Me” 。
感恩节快乐!(11/28/2019)
#1. Bon Iver: "Holocene" from Bon Iver
#2. Robyn: "Dancing On My Own" from Body Talk Pt. 1 (有两个不同版本:下面为慢版本)
#4. Lorde: "Royals" from Pure Heroine
#12. Adele: "Rolling in the Deep" from 21
#15. Carly Rae Jepsen: "Run Away with Me" from E.MO.TION
#22. Brandi Carlile: "The Joke" from By the Way, I Forgive You
【1】https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767905185/the-2010s-npr-listeners-pick-their-top-songs-of-the-decade
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